By Bibi van der Zee - The Guardian In the fight against global warming, we’d be better off preserving natural forests than planting new monoculture plantations few years ago I went to the Kilombero valley in Tanzania to find out why the elephants there had...
By Air Cargo News South African Airways (SAA) has joined the fight against illegal shipping of animals by signing up to the Illegal Wildlife Trade module of the IATA Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) programme. IEnvA is a comprehensive environmental management system...
By Jane Goodall, Opinion Contributor / The Hill I can never forget the first elephant I saw. It was when I went to Tanzania (then Tanganyika) for the first time in 1967. I don't remember all the details now, only that I was being driven by the Park warden around the...
By Reuben Githinji, The Star An Embu man found with an elephant tusk has been jailed for five years after failing to afford a Sh1 million fine. Rutere Njeru and Ephantus Njagai were arrested while in possession of an elephant tusk weighing about 4kg on December 12....
By Elle Ousfar, News Center Maine MAINE, USA: Sen. Susan Collins says she fighting to protect endangered animals by cutting off trafficking and poaching terrorists. On Saturday, Sen. Collins announced she and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) signed the Rescuing Animals With...
By The Independent Online A desert elephant believed to be less than two weeks old was miraculously found roaming through the world's oldest desert, the Namib desert. With an increase in elephant poaching, conflict and global warming, the birth and survival of this...
By OSCAR NKALA -The Standard For decades, Gwayi resident Gavin Maseko grazed his cattle up and down the Gwayi River, skirting the south-eastern edges of the giant Hwange National Park and successfully avoiding conflict with lions, hyenas, cheetahs and even elephants....
By Dawn.com PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed the climate change ministry to respond within a fortnight to a wildlife trader’s petition against the non-issuance of a no objection certificate to him by the government for importing a pair of elephants from...
By China.org ACCRA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Ghana's efforts to conserve its wildlife species are fruitful, the country's chief forester said here on Friday. Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie, chief executive officer of the forestry commission, said a latest survey indicates the...
By The Club of Mozambique President of the Republic Filipe Jacinto Nyusi yesterday launched the Maputo Environmental Protection Area [APA – Maputo], to be managed by the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC). During his speech, the head of state said...